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AboveDisturbing t1_j10slj9 wrote

One thing I don't see a whole lot of people talking about is the major EV and renewable energy bottleneck: batteries.

If we truly want to see a revolution in EVs and renewables, we NEED batteries with a higher specific energy, and one that can be constructed without conflict minerals or elements that are readily available.

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Hisako1337 t1_j10u15a wrote

Or we eliminate most jobs and therefore people don’t need cars any longer - thanks to UBI and food delivery on top of that.

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AboveDisturbing t1_j10urky wrote

Sure thing, I could mostly get on board with that.

Still won't eliminate the need for better energy storage technology. And of course, unless people just never go further than a mile from their house, some sort of transportation infrastructure will be necessary.

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Hisako1337 t1_j10vbr4 wrote

Sure, obviously I am not solving the root problem, but making it smaller - which may open up other solutions!

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AboveDisturbing t1_j10w8zf wrote

You are damn right about that. More distributed access to everything from energy to food would be super awesome. That would substantially decrease transportation costs over time.

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